White Plains, NY (May 2011) - The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) is pleased to announce that David A. Alpert has been elected to serve as the Chairperson of HHREC.

Mount Vernon resident David A. Alpert serves as Senior Vice President, Riverside Memorial Chapel.  He also serves on the Board of Governors at Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work and is vice president of the Advisory Board of the New York Board of Rabbis.  He also serves on the advisory council of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York.
       
Alpert is a past president of the Free Synagogue of Westchester and the Westchester Putnam Council of B’nai B’rith.  He sits on the Board of Directors at the International Synagogue of JFK International Airport, United Hebrew, the Advisory Council of Mourner’s After Care Institute and is a member of the Westchester Jewish Council and Westchester Jewish Community Services.

David is a long time Mount Vernon resident, married and is the father of 3 children.

The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center (HHREC) is an interfaith, not-for-profit organization serving Westchester, Fairfield and Putnam counties to encourage and enhance teaching and learning about the Holocaust and its human rights lessons for today.  Its members encourage students to speak up and act against all forms of bigotry and prejudice.  .